Even a dog knows the difference between being stumbledover and being kicked.

We cannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, and repetitionimpresses the subconscious, and we are then master of the situation.

The true test of intelligence is not how much people know how to do, but how they behave when they don't know what to do.

To be spiritual is not to reject reason but to go beyond it.

Melancholy is the joy of being said.

An individual without information can't takeresponsibility. An individual with information can't help but takeresponsibility.

A peace which depends upon fear is nothing but a suppressed war.

Muchtalking is the cause of danger. Silence is the means of avoiding misfortune.The talkative parrot is shut up in a cage. Other birds, without speech, flyfreely about.

Do notfind fault, find a remedy.

Neverforget the power of silence, that massively disconcerting pause which goes onand on and may at last induce an opponent to babble and backtrack nervously.

Whenyou plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don't blame the lettuce. Youlook for reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water,or less sun. You never blame the lettuce. Yet if we have problems with ourfriends or our family,

You gotto be very careful if you don't know where you're going, because you mightnot get there.